LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



THE 



ARTICLES OF RELIGION, 



OE THE 



PROTESTANT EPXSCOPAX ©HTJRCH 



SUPPORTED BY 

REFERENCE TO THE SCRIPTURES : 



TOGETHER WITH 



A SHORT ADDRESS TO HIS PARISHIONERS, 



BY REV. EDWARD RUTLEDGE, 

RECTOR OF CHRIST CHURCH, STRATFORD, 



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MIDDLETOWN, (CONN.) 



PRINTED BY E. & H. CLARK 
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MY BRETHREN : 

IT is our happy lot to be members of a Church, which, at the Re- 
formation, was wisely guarded from the dangers of radicalism, while it 
was perfectly freed from the errors of Popery. We have the Minis- 
try ordained by Christ, and consisting of that beautiful gradation, which 
under the Jewish, as well as the Christian dispensation, God saw most 
proper for the well ordering of his kingdom. We have a sober but 
affecting Liturgy, to aid us in offering our fervent prayers and praises, 
in common, to the Deity, without a fear of derogating from the dignity 
of our Heavenly Father, or incurring the ridicule of the profane, by the 
use of unhallowed, low, or unmeaning expressions. We have Articles 
of faith, " admitting an interpretation sufficiently liberal on deep and 
difficult points, but definite and precise on fundamental tenets," com- 
piled by the piety and wisdom of our Reformers, to guard us from here- 
sy and schism, and every one of which may be substantiated by the 
most numerous quotations from Scripture. 

The more intimate our acquaintance with the doctrines and discipline 
of our Church becomes, the stronger will be our attachment to her ve- 
nerated forms and principles, and the more clearly will we discover in 
ifer, the Ark to which Christians may flee for safety, while error is 
overflowing the religious world. 

The instructions received from the Pulpit; regularly joining in the 
public devotions of the sabbath ; occasional attendance on ordination 
services, and listening to the discourses delivered at those seasons, to- 
gether with the numerous and valuable essays continually by us, on our 
government and our worship, afford great facilities for forming acquaint- 
ance with these subjects, which facilities Episcopalians generally are 
willing to improve. In regard to these things, we are secure from eve- 
ry attack. We all know, that by the prudent adherence of our fathers 
to whatever was primitive and divine, in the Church from whose cor- 
ruptions they were withdrawing, we have those to administer the sacra- 
ments and to preach the everlasting Gospel to us, who can trace their 
authority to enter on the duties of the sacred office, in regular and unin- 
terrupted succession from the Apostles. We all know, that in using a 
precomposed form of prayer, we are complying with a custom highly 
primitive, and which pre-eminently enables us to worship God in the 
beauty of holiness. With the arguments which will enable us to main- 
tain that our Ministry is Apostolical, and our worship analogous to that 
of the ancient Church, we are all, it is hoped, amply furnished from the 
Bible and from history. These are matters that admit of being so easi- 
ly placed before our minds, that if our Pastors are faithful to us, and if 
we are faithful to ourselves, we cannot be greatly deficient. 

But while we are thus well informed generally on the constitution 
and the Liturgy of our Church, it is to be feared that sufficient attention 
is not paid to gain a knowledge of our Articles of faith : that the impor- 
tant points they contain, and to which we all, at least tacitly, assent, are 
not known or understood to a proper degree. They may be referred 
to occasionally, for individual satisfaction, or stored away in the memo- 
ry ; but their solid foundation on the word of God and their binding 



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force are not as thoroughly seen and acknowledged as they should be. 
This arises partly from the fact, that the remarks upon the Articles, 
which have proceeded from the pens of our distinguished Divines, are 
too prolix for ordinary readers, or incorporated with other matter from 
which it is difficult to select them. 

In order to remedy this evil to a certain extent, among you, I have 
adopted the resolution of placing before you, in a pamphlet form, acces- 
sible to all ; " The articles of Religion," (as established by the Bi- 
shops, the Clergy and Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 
United States of America, in Convention, on the 12th day of September, 
A.D. 1801,) with references to those texts by which their various parts 
are supported. At the same time, I would earnestly entreat you to 
make them the subject of your study.* 

It will be found a very useful exercise to open the Bible at each 
verse to which you will be directed, and on seeing for yourselves the 
bearing which it has, to lay it by carefully in your mind. Those of you 
who are Parents and Heads of families, would confer a benefit on your 
children as well as on the church, by grounding your offspring in the 
knowledge hence to be derived. Nothing can have a greater tendency 
than such instruction, to keep them in the good old paths ; to inspire 
them with a love and veneration for our Zion, and to secure them from 
that indifference to our peculiarities, and that wandering spirit, some- 
times seen among our Youth, and wholly ascribable to a want of valua- 
ble early instruction. 

Should the course here recommended be pursued, another excellent 
result would be, a diminution of that party feeling now, alas, too com- 
mon. Calvin and Arminius would have less to do with your faith and 
the faith of your Brethren. You would find that the great Reformers 
of England agreed with the great reformers of the Continent, only as far 
as they derived their doctrines from the Treasury of Truth. You will 
be able to tell the individual who would persuade you that the whole of 
our forces, in England and America, are arranged under the banner of 
an Earthly Leader, that although from varieties in intellect, some may 
suppose our faith approximates nearest to that of Calvin and others to 
that of Arminius, we bow implicitly to no human Master. You will be 
ever ready to carry your opponents to your Charter of faith, and there 
point out to them that sentence, which should be graven on every 
Christian heart, and the remembrance of which would soften or subdue 
the much lamented violence of Theological controversy, " that what- 
soever is not read in Scripture, nor may be proved thereby, is not to 
be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, 
or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation." 

Without further preface, permit me to present you this little 
Pamphlet, with the request that you will often recur to it, and with sin- 
cere prayer, that it may be a means of giving you clearer and clearer 
views of our most holy faith, and of producing that pureness of living 
which every true member of our Church should exhibit. 
Your affectionate Pastor, 

EDWARD RUTLEDGE. 

* I must here acknowledge my obligation to the Gospel Messenger, for the hints 
and the substantial aid derived from that valuable work. 



ON THE 

ARTICLES OF RELIGION 



ARTICLES OF RELIGION, 

AS ESTABLISHED BY THE BISHOPS, THE CLERGY AND LAITY OF THE 
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AME- 
RICA, IN CONVENTION, ON THE 12TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, IN THE 
YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1801. 

Art. 1. Of Faith in the Holy Trinity. 

There is but one living and true God,a everlasting^ without body, 
parts, or passions ;c of infinite power,c£ wisdom, e and goodness f the 
Maker and Preserver of all things, both visible and invisible.^- And in 
unity of this Godhead, there be three Persons, of one substance, power, 
and eternity ; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost./i 

a Deut. iv. 35, 39 ; vi. 4. Isa. xlv. 6. 8. Jer. x. 10. Mark xii. 32. John v. 

26. 1 Cor. viii. 4. Eph. iv. 4, 5, 6. 1 Thess. i. 9. 1 Tim. ii. 5. b Deut 

xxxiii. 27. Isa. xl. 28. Rom. xvi. 26. Rev. i. 8. c Num. xxiii. 19. Mai. iii. 

6. Luke xxiv. 39. John iv. 24. 1 Tim. i. 17. James i. 17. — — d 2 Chron.'xx. 
6. Job xlii. 2. Isa. xiv. 27. Dan. iv. 35. Matt. xix. 26. Luke i. 37. Eph. i. 

11. Rev. xix. 6. e 1 Sam. ii. 3. 1 Chron. xxviii. 9. Ps. xciv. 9, 10; cxlvi. 

5. Acts xv. 18. Rom. xi. 33. Heb. iv, 13. -/Ps. Ii. 1 ; cxxxvi. cxlv. 9 1 

g Ex. xx. 1 1 ; xxi. 17. Neh. ix. 6. Isa. xliv. 24. Wisdom xi. 23. Acts xvii. 25. 

Col. i. 16, 17. Rev. iv. 11. h Deut. vi. 4. Matt, xxviii. 19. 2 Cor. xiii. 14 

1 John v. 7. 

Art. II. Of the Word, or Son of God, which was made very Man. 

The Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlast- 
ing of the Father, the very and eternal God,i of one substance with the 
Father^ took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her 
substance : so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the 
Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be 
divided, whereof is one Christ, very God, and very Man ;fe who truly 
suffered,/ was crucified, dead and buried,m to reconcile his Father to 
us, n and to be a sacrifice, not only for original guilt, but also for actual 
sins of men.o 

i Micah v. 2. Matt. iii. 17 ; xiv. 33; xvi. 13—19 ; xxvi. 63—67. Mark xii. 
35, 36, 37. Luke i. 35 ; ix. 35 ; xxii. 67, 69, 70. John i. 1, 2, 3, 14, 18, 33, 34* 
49 ; v. 18; viii. 53, 58, 59 ; x. 30, 33, 36 ; xi. 27 ; xix. 7. Acts Viii. 35, 36, 37. 

Rom. ix. 5. Col. i. 16, 17. 1 John v. 20. j Isa. xliv. 6, compared with Rev. i. 

17, and ii._ 8 ; xxii. 13; xix. 16. John i. 1; v. 28; x. 30 ; xx. 28. Aetsxx. 28. 
Rom.ix.5. Phil. ii. 6— 12. ITim.iii. 16. Tit. ii 13. James ii. 1. 1 John iii. 16. 

k Isa. vii. 14 ; ix. 6. Matt. i. 18—25. Luke i. 27, 35. John i. 14; iii. 13 ; 

x. 30 ; xiv. 28. Acts iii. 21 ; x. 42. Gal. iv. 4. Phil. ii. 9. Col. ii. 9. 1 Tim. 

ii. 5. Heb. ii. 9, 14, 17 ; vii. 25. Rev. v. 13. I Isa. liii. 4—12. Mark ix. 12. 

Acts iii. 18 ; xvii. 3. 1 Pet. i. 3.- — m Isa. liii. 8, 9. Zech. xii. 10. Ps. xxii. 17. 

Matt. xii. 40 ; andch. xxvii. John iii. 14 ; xix. 34. n 2 Cor. v. 18, 19. Ephes. 

ii. 16, 18. — -o Matt. xx. 28. John i. 29. 2 Cor. v. 21. Ephes. v. 2. Col. i. 14. 
Heb. ix. 12, 26, 28 ; x. 10, 12, 19 ; xiii. 12. 1 Pet. i. 19 ; ii. 24 ; iii. 18. 1 Joht* 
ii. 1,2. See Art. XXXI. 



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Art. III. Of the going down of Christ into Hell. 

As Christ died for us,p and was buried \q so also is it to be believed 
that he went down into Hell.r 

p 1 Thess. v. 10. q 1 Cor. xv. 4. r Ps.xvi. 9, 10. Acts ii. 27, 31. Luke 

xxiii. 43, 46. Matt. x. 28. Hell " the place of departed spirits." 

Art. IV. Of the Resurrection of Christ. 

Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with 
flesh, bones, and all things pertaining to the perfection of man's nature,s 
wherewith he ascended into Heaven,* and there sitteth,w until he re- 
turn to judge all men at the last day.-y 

s Matt. xvii. 22, 23; xx. 13, 19, 27; xxviii. 6. Mark xvi. 9. Luke xxiv. 30» 

39. John ii. 18, 19,21; xxi. 14. Acts x. 40. / Ps. lxviii. 18. Eph. iv. 9- 

Luke xxiv. 50, 51. John xx. 17. Acts i. 9, 10, 11. u Ps. ex. 1. Matt xxii. 

44. Mark xvi. 19. Luke xxii. 69. Eph. i. 20. Col. iii. 1. Heb. i. 3, 13 ; viii. 

1. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Dan. vii. 14. v Matt. xxv. 31, 32. John v. 22, 23 ; xiv. 3, 

28. Acts i. 2 ; x. 42 ; xvii. 31. 2 Cor. v. 10. 1 Thess. iv. 16. 2 Pet. iir. 10. 

Art. V. Of the Holy Ghost. 
The Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, is of one 
substance, majesty and glory with the Father and the Soii,to very and 
eternal God. a; 

w Gen. i. 2. John xiv. 16, 17, 26 ; xv. 26 ; xvi. 7—15. Acts ii. 33, 33, 39 ; 
viii. 29; xi. 12; xvi. 6, 7. Rom. xv. 19. 1 Cor. xii. 4—14. Gal. iv. 6. L Pe- 
ter i. 11. Romans viii. 26, 27. Ephesians iv. 30. x Job xxxiii. 4. Acts v. 3, 

4. 1 Corinthians ii. 10 ; iii. 16 ; xii. 4 — 13. Hebrews ix. 14. Compare Hebrews 
i. 1, with 2 Peter i. 21. 

Art. VI. Of the sufficiency of the Holy Scriptures for salvation. 
Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation :y so that 
whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be 
required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the 
Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.^ In the name 
of the Holy Scripture we do understand those Canonical Books of the 
Old and New Testament, of whose authority was never any doubt in 
the Church. 

y 2 Tim. iii. 15, 16, 17. Luke i. 4. John xx. 31. z Deut. iv. 2 ; xii. 32. 

Isa. viii. 20. Matt. xv. 9. Acts xvii. 11. Gal. i. 8, 9. Rev. xxii. 18, 19. 

*fi Of the names and number of the Canonical Books. 
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numeri, Deuteronomium, Joshue, 
Judges, Ruth, the First Book of Samuel, The Second Book of Samuel, 
The First Book of Kings, The Second Book of Kings, The First Book 
of Chronicles, The Second Book of Chronicles, The First Book of 
Esdras, The Second Book of Esdras, The Book of Hester, The Book 
of Job. The Psalms, The Proverbs, Ecclesiastes or Preacher, Canticla 
or Songs of Solomon, Four Prophets the greater, Twelve Prophets 
the less. 

And the other Books (as Hierome saith) the Church doth read for 
example of life and instruction of manners ; but yet doth it not apply 
them to establish any doctrine ; such are the following : 

The Third Book of Esdras, The Fourth Book of Esdras, The Book 
of Tobias, The Book of Judith, The rest of the Book of Hester, The 
Book of Wisdom, Jesus the Son of Sirach, Baruch the Prophet, The 
Song of the Three Children, The Story of Susanna, Of Bel and the 



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Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses, The First Book of Maccabees, The 
Second Book of Maccabees.* 

All the Books of the New Testament, as they are commonly receiv- 
ed, we do receive and account them Canonical. 

* As the Apocryphal Books were neither found in the Jewish Canon, nor quoted 
by our Saviour or his Apostles, nor alluded to in the New Testament, they are re- 
jected as not being inspired writings. 

Art. VII. Of the Old Testament. 
The Old Testament is not contrary to the New ; for both in the Old 
and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ,a 
who is the only Mediator between God and Man,6 being both God and 
Man.c Wherefore they are not to be heard, which feign, that the Old 
Fathers did look only for transitory promises. d Although the law 
given from God by Moses, as touching Ceremonies and Rites, do not 
bind Christian men,e nor the Civil Precepts thereof ought of necessity 
to be received in any commonwealth ;jf yet notwithstanding, no christian 
man whatsoe ver is free, from the obedience of the commandments which 
are called moral. g 

a Genesis iii. 15. Matthew i. 18 — 24. Lukei. 26—29. Genesis xxii. 18; xvi. 
24; xxviii. 14. Galatians iii. 8, 16. Acts iii. 20 to end; xiii. 22, 23. Genesis 
xlix. 10. Deut. xviii. 15, 18, 19. Acts iii. 22. John i. 45. Acts vii. 37. Num- 
bers xxiv. 17. Revelation xxii. 16. 2 Peter i. 19. Isaiah vii. 14 r ix. 6. Mat- 
thew i. 18, 24. Luke i. 26, 36. Matthew v. 17, 18. Luke xxiv. 44—48. John 
v. 39, to end. Acts xviii. 28. Romans iii, 21; xvi. 25, 26. Galatians iii. 8. 

Hebrews i. 1. b 1 Corinthians xv. 22. 1 Timothy ii. 5. Revelations xiii. 8. 

c See Article II. d Job xix. 25, 26, 27. Psalms xvii. J 4. Ecclesiastes xi. 

9. Isaiah xxvi. 1 9. Daniel xii. 2. 1 Corinthians x. 1—5. Hebrews xi. 13 — 18, 

25, 26,35. e Jeremiah xxxi."31, 32. Galatians iii. 24,25 ; v. 1. Colossians ii. 

16, 17. Hebrews vii. 18. -/Hebrews vii. 12. g Romans iii. 31 ; xiii. 7. 1 

Corinthians vii. 19. James ii. 8. 1 Peter ii. 13, 14, 

Art. VIII. Of the Creeds. 
The JVicene Creed, and that which is commonly called the Apostle's 
Creed, ought thoroughly to be received and believed; for they may 
be proved by most certain warrants of Holy Scripture. 

The doctrines of the Thirty -nine Articles accord with the Creeds ; the 
texts ^therefore, which are here produced as proofs, are equally applicable 
to the Articles and the Creeds. 

Art. IX. Of Original or Birth Sin. 
Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam; (as the Pelagi- 
ans* do vainly talk ;)h but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of 
every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam,i 
whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his 
own nature inclined to evil J so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to 
the spirit ;k and therefore in every person born into this world, it t 
deserveth God's wrath and damnation.^ And this infection of nature 

* A sect which arose in the fourth century, deriving its name from Pelagius its 
founder. TJt^e Socinians hold some opinions in common with the Pelagians, 
t //—Original Sin. 

h Rom. v. 14. i Job xiv. 4 ; xxv. 4. Ps. Ii. 5. Rom. v. 12, 15, 17—20 ; vii, 

18. 1 Cor. xv. 21, 22. 1 John i. 8. j Gen. vi. 5 ; viii. 21. 1 Kings viii. 46. Ps. 

xiv. 2, 3. Prov. xxiv. 16. Eccl. vii. 29. Jer. xvii. 9. Matt. xv. 18, 19. Rom. iii 

. 10. k Matt. xxvi. 41. Rom. vii. 23, Gal. v. 17. John iii. 6. 1 Rom. iii. 19 ; 

v. 18 ; vi, 23, Eph. ii. 3, 



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doth remain, yea, in them that are regenerated ; whereby the lust of 
the flesh, called in Greek phronema sarkos, which some do expound the 
Wisdom, some Sensuality, some the Affections, some the Desire of the 
Flesh, is not subject to the Law of God.wi And although there is no 
condemnation for them that believe and are baptized,7i yet the Apostle 
doth confess, that concupiscence and lust hath of itself the nature 
of sin.o 

m Rom. vii. 18, 22, 23; viii. 6, 7, 8, 13. Gal. v. 17. James i. 14. 1 Pet. ii. 11. 
n Mark xvi. 16. John v. 24. Rom. viii. 1. o Rom. vii. 7. 

Art. X. Of Free Will. 
The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot 
turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, 
to faith, and calling upon God :p wherefore we have no power to do 
good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God 
by Christ preventing us,* that we may have a good will, and working 
with us when we have that good will. q 

* Preventing — Going 1 before us. 

p Ps. li. 10, 11 ; cxix, 18, 27, 32, 33, 35. Prov. iii. 6. Jer. xxxi. 33, 34. Ezek. 

xxxvi. 26, 27. John xv. 5. Rom. v. 6 ; viii. 8. 1 Cor. ii. 14. q Luke xi. 13. 

John iii. 8; vi. 44; xv. 4,5. Acts ii. 17. Rom. viii. 14, 26. 1 Cor. xii. 3. 2 
Cor. iii. 5 ; xii. 9. Gal. v. 16, 25. Eph. ii. 1. Phil. ii. 12, 13. James iv. 8. 

Art. XL Of the Justification of Man. 
We are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by Faith : and not for our own works or 
deservings.r Wherefore, that we are justified by Faith only, is a most 
wholesome doctrine, and very full of comfort, as more largely is ex- 
pressed in the Homily of Justification.** 

* There is no Homily with this title. It is probable that the Homily of the Salva- 
tion of all mankind is the one referred to. This will be found in the First Book of 
Homilies, the titles of which are not inserted in the 35th Article. 

r Gen. xv. 6. Rom. iii. 20—29 ; iv. 3, 22; v. 1, 9. Gal. ii. 16 ; v. 6. Phil. 

iii. 3. James ii. 17, 20, 24, 26. s Rom. x. 4. Eph. ii. 8, 9. See Matt. xii. 36, 

37. 1 Cor. vi. 11. 

Art. XII. Of Good Works. 
Albeit that Good Works, which are the fruits of Faith, and follow after 
Justification,* cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's 
judgment :w yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christy 
and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faith ;t» insomuch 
that by them a lively Faith may be as evidently known, as a tree discern* 
ed by the fruit. a: 

/ Matt.v. 16. John xv. 8. Gal. v. 6. Col. i. 10. Eph. ii. 10. 1 Tim. vi. 
17, 18. 2 Tim. ii. 19 ; iii. 17. Tit. ii. 7, 14 ; iii. 1, 8. Heb. x. 24 ; xiii. 16, 20, 

21. James ii 17, 18. w Ps. cxxx. 3 ; cxl. 2, 3. Luke xvii. 10. v Heb. 

xiii. 16, 20, 21. w Gal. v. 22, 23. x Matt. vii. 16—21. Luke vi. 44. 1 

John ii. 3, 4 ; iii, 3. See Matt xvi. 27 ; xxv. 34 to end. John v. 28, 29. Rom. 
ii. 6, 13. 2 Cor. v. 10. Rev. xxii. 12. 

Art. XIII. Of Works before Justification. 
Works done before the grace of Christ, and the inspiration of his 
Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in 



Jesus Christ,?/ neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (a* 
the school authors say) deserve grace of congruity :z yea rather, for 
that they are not done as God hath willed and commanded them to be 
done, we doubt not but they have the nature of sin. a 

y Matt. vii. 17. John xv. 5. Rom. iii. 9, 10, 19, 20, 23 ; viii. 7, 8, 9. Heb. 

xi. 6. s Rom. iv. 2, 6. Tit. iii. 4, 5. a Rom. i. 18; ii. 8, 9, 14. 2 Cor. 

viii. 12. Col. iii. 17. 

Art. XIV. Of Works of Supererogation. 

Voluntary Works besides over and above God's commandmentSj 
which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without ar- 
rogancy and impiety. For by them men do declare, that they do not 
only render unto God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do 
more for his sake than of bounden duty is required :b whereas Christ 
saith plainly, When ye have done all that are commanded to you, say, 
we are unprofitable servants. c 

b Matt. xv. 9 ; xix. 16—23 ; xxii. 36—41 . 1 Cor. vi. 20. 2 Cor. vii. 1. Luke 

xii. 33. c Matt. v. 48. Luke xvii. 9, 10. John iii. 27. Phil. ii. 12. 

Art. XV. Of Christ alone without sin. 

Christ in the truth of our nature, was made like unto us in all things,^ 
(sin only except.) from which he was clearly void, both in his flesh, 
and in his spirit. e He came to be a Lamb without spot who by sacrifice, 
of himself once made, should take away the sins of the world ; and sin 
(as St John saith) was not in him./ But all we the rest (although bap- 
tised and born again in Christ) yet offend in many things ;g and if we 
say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.h 

d Hebrews ii. 14, 17. e John xiv. 30. Hebrews iv. 15 ; vii. 26. 1 Peter ii, 

22. /John i. 29. 1 Cor. v. 7. Hebrews ix. 26. 1 Peter i. 18, 19. 1 John iii. 

5. g Eccl. vii. 30. James iii. 2.-. — h 1 John i. 8. 

Art. XVI. Of Sin after Baptism. 

Not every deadly sin, willingly committed after Baptism, is sin against 
the Holy Ghost, and unpardonable. Wherefore the grant of repentance 
is not to be denied to such as fall into sin after Baptism. i After we have 
received the Holy Ghost, we may depart from grace given, and fall into 
sinj and by the grace of God (we may) arise again, and amend our 
lives.fc And therefore they are to be condemned, which say, they can 
no more sin as long as they live here, or deny the place of forgiveness to 
such as truly repent./ 

i Matthew xii. 31 , 32. Mark iii. 28, 29. Luke xii. 10. 2 Corinthians ii. 6, 7, 8- 

1 John i. 9; v. 17. j Matthew xvi. 16, 17; xxvi. 35, 60—75. 1 Corinthians x. 

12. k Matthew xxvi. 75. 1 Galatians vi. 1. 

Art. XVII. Of Predestination and Election. 
Predestination to life is the everlasting purpose of God,m whereby 
(before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly de- 
creed, by his counsel, secret to us, to deliver from curse and damna- 

wt Matthew xxr. 34. 2 Timothy i. 9, 10. 1 Peter 1, 2. See Romans viii. 24, 
28, 29. 1 Corinthians i. 18. Ephesians ii. 8. Titus iii. 5. 1 Peter 3, 21. Eze- 
kiel xviii. 26—29, 31, 32. 2 Chronicles xv. 2. Matthew vii. 7, 8 ; ix. 13. Luke 
xi. 13 ; xv. 7. John iii. 16. Acts ii. 38. 

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tion, those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring 
them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honours 
Wherefore, they, which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God, 
be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due sea- 
son^ they through grace obey the calling :p they be justified freely :q 
they be made Sons of God by adoption :r they be made like the image 
of his only begotten Son Jesus Christ :s they walk religiously in good 
works,* and at length by God's mercy they attain to everlasting feli- 
city.-y 

As the godly consideration of Predestination, and our Election in 
Christ is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly per- 
sons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the Spirit ef Christ,w 
mortifying the works of the flesh, and their earthly members,^ and 
drawing up their mind to high and heavenly things, x as well because it 
doth greatly establish and confirm their faith of eternal salvatioa. to be 
enjoyed through Christ,!/ as because it doth fervently kindle their love 
towards God :z so, for curious and carnal persons,a lacking the Spirit of 
Christ, to have continually before their eyes the Sentence of God's 
Predestination, is a most dangerous downfall, 6 whereby the Devil doth 
thrust them either into desperation, or into wretchlessness* of most un- 
clean living, no less perilous than desperation. c 

Furthermore, we must receive God's Promises in such wise as they 
be generally set forth to us in Holy Scripture :d And in our doings, 
that will of God is to be followed, which we have expressly declared 
unto us in the word of God. e 

n Deut. xxix. 29. Acts ix. 15. Rom. viii. 29 ; ix. 21, 23. Eph. i. 4, 5. Gal. 
iii. 13. 2 Thess. ii. 13. 1 Pet. ii. 9 See 1 Cor. ix. 27. Col. iii. 12. James iv. 8. 

2 Pet. i. 10 Rom. v. 18. o Rom. viii. 30- Eph. i. 7, 18. See Acts vii. 51. 

Eph. iv 30. 1 Thess. v. 19. -p Ps. ex. 3. Acts xiii. 48. Rom. vi. 17, 18. 

q Rom. iii. 24. r Gal. iv. 5, 6, 7, John i. 12. 5 Rom. viii. 29. 1 Cor. xv. 

49. Col. iii. 10. t Eph. ii. JO. James ii. 17, 18, 20; iii. 13. v Eph.i. 11. 

1 Pet. i. 3, 4, 5. lCor. x. 13. if Rom. v. 11. 1 Pet. i. 8. w Rom. viii. 13. 

Gal. v. 24. Col. iii. 5.— x Phil. iii. 20. Col. iii. 1, 2. y Rom, viii. 33, 34, 

35, 38, 39. 2 Tim. i. 12. s 1 John iv 19. a Col. ii. 18. b Jude 19. 

Rom. viii. 9. c 2 Pet. iii. 16, 17. d TJeut. xxix. 29. Isa. Iv. 7. Matt. xi. 28. 

John iii. 16. 1 John ii. 2. Rev. xxii. 17. e Mic. vi. 8. John iii. 16 — 22. 

Rom. x. 8—14. 1 John iii. 23, 24. See Art. XXXI. 

* Carelessness. 

Art. XVIII. Of obtaining Eternal Salvation only by the name of Christ. 

They also are to be had accursed, that presume to say, that every 
man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he 
be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the Light of Na- 
ture./ For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the name of Je- 
sus Christ, whereby men must be saved.^ 

/ Rom. ii. 12. g Mark viii. 38 ; xvi. 16. John xiv. 6. Acts. iv. 10, 11, 12, 

1 John v. 11, 12. Rom. x. 9, 10. 

Art. XIX. Of the Church. 
The visible Church of Christ is a Congregation of faithful men, h in 
the which the pure Word ©f God is preaehed,iand the Sacraments be 

h 1 Cor. i. 2. Col. 1. 2. Acts xv. 41. Rev. i. 4. -i Rom. x. 17. 



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duly ministered according to Christ's Ordinance, in all those things that 
of necessity are requisite to the same.fc 

As the Church of Hiernsalem, Alexandria, and Antioch have erred ; 
so also the Church of Rome hath erred, not only in their living and 
manner of Ceremonies, but also in matters of Faith. 

k Acts ii.42 ; viii. 12. 1 Cof. xi. 26. 2 Chron. xxvi.18. Mark iii. 14. Lukex. 1. 
Acts i. 22. Heb. v. 4. See Rev. i. 10, to end of Ch. xi. 

Art. XX. Of the Authority of the Church, 
The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies,/ and Au- 
thority in Controversies of Faith :m And yet it is not lawful for the 
Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written ; 
neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant 
to another./i Wherefore, although the Church be a Witness and a 
keeper of Holy Writ, yet as it ought not to decree any thing against the 
same, so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believ- 
ed for necessity of salvation. o 

I 1 Cor.x. 31; xiv. 26,40. Tit. i. 5. m Acts xv. 6,22, 25. 1 Tim. i. 3. 

Tit. iii. 10. Jude 3. n Matt, xxviii. 20. Rom. xii. 6. o Deut. xii. 32. 

Acts iv. 19. Rom. iii. 2. Gal. i. 8. 

Art. XXI. Of the Authority of General Councils, 
The 21st of the former articles is omitted, because it is partly of a 
local and civil nature, and is provided for, as to the remaining parts of it, 
in other articles. 

Art. XXII. Of Purgatory. 

The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory ,p Pardons, ^ Worship- 
ping and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques,r and also Invoca- 
tion of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no 
warranty of Scripture,s but rather repugnant to the word of God.? 

p Luke xxiii. 43. Rom. viii. 1. Heb. x. 14. 1 John i. 7. Rev. xiv. 15. 

q Ps.xlix. 7. Dan. ix. 9. 1 John, i. 7, 9. r Ex. xx. 3, 4, 5. Deut. xvi. 22. 

2 Kings xviii. 4. Acts xvii. 16, 29. Rom. i. 23. 1 Thess. i. 9. s Ps. lxv. 2. 

Acts. x. 25, 26 ; xiv. 13, 14, 15. 1 Tim. ii. 5. Heb. vii. 25. Rev. xix. 10. 

fMatt.iv. 10 Rom. i. 25. Eph. ii. 18. Col. ii. 8, 9, 10, 18. 1 John v. 21. 2 
Cor. v. 6, 8. Rev. xiv. 13. Isa. xlii. 8. 

Art. XXIII. Of Ministering in the Congregation. 

It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public 
Preaching, or Ministering the Sacraments in the Congregation, before 
he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we 
ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to 
this work by men who have public Authority given unto them in the 
Congregation, to call and send Ministers into the Lord's Vineyard.? 

v Ex. xxviii. 41 ; xxix.l, 4. Lev. viii. Num. xvi. 1 Sam. xiii.8— 15 2 Sam., 
vi. 6,7. 2 Chro.xxvi. 16—22, Jer. xxiii. 21. Matt, xxviii. 19, 20. John xx. 
21. Acts i. 26 ; vi. 1—7; xiv. 23; xx. 28. Eph. iv. 11— 15. 1 Tim. i v. 14. 2- 
Tim.i.6, 13. 1 Tim. i. 3 ; v. i. 19, 22. 2 Tim. ii. 2; iii. 1. Tit. i. 5; iii. 10. 
Heb. v. 4; xiii 7, 17. 

Art. XXIV. Of speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the 
People under standeth. 
It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word of God, and the Custom of 



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the Primitive Church, to have Public Prayer in the Church, or to Mi- 
nister the Sacraments in a Tongue not understanded of the Peoples 
u 1 Cor. xiv. 2—29, 33. Neh. viii. 8. 

Art. XXV. Of the Sacraments, 

Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Chris- 
tian men's Profession ;w> but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and 
effectual signs of grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which he 
doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen 
and confirm our faith in him. a; 

There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, 
that is to say, Baptism,?/ and the Supper of the Lord.* 

Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, 
Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not to be count- 
ed for Sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown, partly of 
the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of life allowed by 
the Scriptures, but yet have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism 
and the Lord's Supper, for that they have not any visible Sign or Cere- 
mony ordained of God. 

The Sacraments were not ordained of Christ to be gazed upon, or to 
be carried about, but that we should duly use them.a And in such only 
as worthily receive the same, they have a wholesome effect or opera- 
tion :b but they that receive them unworthily, purchase to themselves 
damnation,* as St. Paul saith.c 

w Acts ii. 41, 42. 1 Cor. xi. 26. Gal.iii. 29. x 1 Cor. x. 16. 1 Pet. iii.21. Tit. 

iii. 5. y Matt, xxviii. 19, 20. Mark xvi. 16. John iii. 3, 5, 22, 26 ; iv. 1. Acts ii. 

38. z Matt, xx vi. 26— 31. Mark xiv. 22— 27. Luke xxii. 19, 20. 1 Cor. xi. 

23, 24, 25. a 1 Cor. xi. 27, 28. 6 John iv. 24.-— c 1 Cor. xi. 29. 

* Condemnation. See Art. XXIX. 

Art. XXVI. Of ihe Unworthiness of the Ministers, which hinders not the 
effect of the Sacraments. 

Although in the visible Church the evil be ever mingled with the 
good, and sometime the evil have chief authority in the ministration of 
the Word and Sacraments :y yet, forasmuch as they do not the same in 
their own name, but in Christ's, and do minister by his Commission and 
Authority, we may use their Ministry, both in hearing the Word of God, 
and in receiving the Sacraments. z Neither is the effect of Christ's 
Ordinance taken away by their wickeekiess, nor the grace of God's gifts 
diminished from such, as by faith, and rightly, do receive the Sacra- 
ments ministered unto them, which be effectual, because of Christ's in- 
stitution and Promise, although they be ministered by evil men.ct 

Nevertheless, it appertaineth to the Discipline of the Church, that 
inquiry be made of evil Ministers, and that they be accused by those 
that have knowledge of their offences : and finally being found guilty by 
just judgment, be deposed.6 

y Matthew xiii. 47, 48, 49. John vi. 70. Leviticus x. 3. z Matthew xxiii. 

2, 3. 1 Corinthians iii. 5, 7. a Matthew vii. 22, 23. Philippians i. 15, 18. 3 

John 10 6 1 Timothy v. 1, 19, 20; vi. 3, 4, 5. Galatians v. 12. 1 Samue! 

iii. 11—15. 



IS 

Art. XXVII. Of Baptism. 

Baptism is not only a sign of Profession, and mark of Difference, 
whereby Christian men are discerned from others that be not christen- 
ed ;c but it is also a sign of Regeneration, or new Birth, d whereby, as 
by an instrument, they that receive Baptism rightly are grafted into the 
Church :e the promises of forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be. 
the Sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed if 
faith is confirmed,^ and grace increased by virtue of Prayer unto God.h 
The Baptism of young children is in any wise to be retained in the 
Church as most agreeable with the institution of Christ.t 

c See Art. XXV. Matthew iii. 13. Johniv. 2. Acts viii. 12 ; x. 47 ; xvi. 33; 

xix. 5. Romans vi. 4. Hebrews x. 22. Ezekiel xxxvi. 25 d John iii. 3 — 9. 

Romans vi. 3,4, 11. Colossians iii. 9, 10. Titus iii. 5. e 1 Corinthians xii. 12, 

13. Ephesians i. 22, 23. -/Acts ii. 38 ; xxii. 16. Galatians iii. 26,27; iv. 6. 

Hebrews x. 23. 1 Peter iii. 21. g Acts ii. 42. Hebrews x. 22 h Luke xi. 

13 ; xvii. 5. Colossians i. 9, 10. i Genesis xvii. 9 — 13. Mark x. 13, 14. Acts 

ii. 38, 39 ; x. 48 ; xvi. 15, 33. Romans iv. 11. 1 Corinthians i. 16 ; vii. 14. Ephe- 
sians vi. 4. 

Art. XXVIII. Of the Lord's Supper. 

The Supper of the Lord is not only a sign of the Love that Christians 
ought to have among themselves one to another ;j but rather it is a Sa- 
crament of our Redemption by Christ's death :k inasmuch that to such 
as righteously, worthily, and with faith receive the same, the Bread 
which we break is a partaking of the Body of Christ, and likewise the 
Cup of Blessing is a partaking of the Blood of Christ.^ 

Trans instantiation (or the change of Substance of Bread and Wine) 
in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by Holy Writ ; but it is 
repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a 
Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many Superstitions. m 

The Body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the Supper, only 
after an heavenly and spiritual manner. n And the mean whereby the 
body of Christ is received and eaten in the Supper, is Faith. o 

The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's Ordinance 
reserved, carried about, lifted up, or worshipped.^ 

j John xiii. 34, 35 ; xv. 13, 14. 1 Corinthians x. 17. 1 John iii. 14, 23. See 
Art. XXV. k Matthew xxvi. 26, 27, 28. -7 1 Corinthians x. 16. m Mat- 
thew xxvi. 29. 1 Corinthians xi. 26. Hebrews ix. 26, 28. See Mark xiv. 

7. n John vi. 51, 54, 55, 56, 60 — 64. o John vi. 35. p Matthew xxvi. 

26, 27. 

Art. XXIX. Of the Wicked, which eat not of the Body of Christ in the 
Use of the Lord's Supper. 
The wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith, although they do 
carnally and visibly press with their teeth (as St. Augustine saith) the 
Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ; yet in no wise are they 
partakers of Christ ; but rather to their condemnation do eat and drink 
the Sign or Sacrament of so great a things 

q John xiii. 26, 27. 1 Cor. xi. 29. 1 John i. 6, 7. 
Art. XXX. Of both Kinds. 
The Cup of the Lord is not to be denied to the Lay-People : for both 
the parts of the Lord's Sacrament by Christ's Ordinance and Command- 
ment, ought to be ministered to all Christian men alike.r 

r Matt. xxvi. 27, 28. Mark xiv. 23. 1 Cor. xi. 26—29 ; xii. 13. 



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Art. XXXI. Of the one Oblation of Christ finished upon the Cross. 

The offering of Christ once made,s is that perfect redemption, pro- 
pitiation, and satisfaction for all the sins of the whole world, both ori- 
ginal and actual ;t and there is none other satisfaction for sin, but that 
alone. u Wherefore the Sacrifice of Masses, in which it was common- 
ly said, that the Priest did offer Christ for the quick and the dead, to 
have remission of pain or guilt, were blasphemous fables, and dan- 
gerous deceits. 

s Heb. vii. 27 ; ix. 12, 26, 28 ; x. 10, 1 1, 12. 1 Pet. iii. 18. / John i. 7, 9, 

29; iii. 14, 15, 16. 18. 1 Tim. i. 15. 1 John ii. 1,2. Mark xvi. 15, 16. John 

iv. 42 ; v. 34 ; viii. 24 ; xx. 31. Acts iii. 19, 26 ; x. 35, 43 ; xiii. 46 ; xvi. 31 ; xx. 
20, 21. Rom. i. 16; v. 20. 2 Cor. v. 15. 1 Tim. ii. 4, 6; iv. 10. Heb.ii. 9. 
Rev. xxii. 17. 2 Pet. iii. 9. u Heb. ix. 25, 26 ; x. 14, 26. 

Art. XXXII. Of the Marriage of Priests. 
Bishops, Priests, and Deacons, are not commanded by God's Law, 
either to vow the estate of single life, or to abstain from Marriage : 
therefore it is lawful for them, as for all other Christian men, to marry 
at their own discretion, as they shall judge the same to serve better to 
godliness, v 

v Matt. viii. 14. Acts xviii. 2 ; xxi. 8, 9. 1 Cor. vii. 2 ; ix. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 2, 10. 

11, 12 ; iv. 3. Tit. i. 6. Heb. xiii. 4. 

Art. XXXIII. Of excommunicate Persons, how they are to be avoided. 

That person which by open denunciation of the Church, is rightly cut 
off from the Unity of the Church, and excommunicated,?*; ought to be 
taken of the whole multitude of the faithful, as an Heathen and Publi- 
can^ until he be openly reconciled by Penance, and received into the 
Church by a Judge that hath authority thereunto. y 

w Ex. xii. 19. Lev. vii. 20; xvii. 14. John ix. 22, 34; xii. 42; xvi. 2. 1 Cor- 

v. 4, 5, 11, 13. 1 Tim. i. 19, 20. Tit. iii. 10. 2 Thess. iii. 6, 14, 15. Gal. v. 

12. 1 Cor. xvi. 22. x Matt, xviii. 15—20. Rom. xvi. 17. 2 John 10. 

y 2 Cor. ii. 6, 7. 

Art. XXXIV. Of the Traditions of the Church. 

It is not necessary that Traditions and Ceremonies be in all places 
one, or utterly like, for at all times they have been divers, and may be 
changed according to the diversity of countries, times, and men's man- 
ners, so that nothing be ordained against God's word. Whosoever 
through his private judgment, willingly and purposely doth openly break 
the Traditions and Ceremonies of the Church, which be not repugnant 
to the word of God, and be ordained and approved by common Authori- 
ty ,z ought to be rebuked openly (that other may fear to do the like)a 
as he that offendeth against the common order of the Church,6 and 
hurteth the Authority of the Magistrates and woundeth the consciences 
of the weak Brethren. d 

Every Particular or National Church hath Authority to ordain, change, 
and abolish Ceremonies or Rites of the Church, ordained only by man's 
Authority, so that all things be done to edifying. e 

s Acts v. 29. Rom. xiii. 1. 1 Cor. xi. 16 ; xvi. 40. Heb. xiii. 17. — —a 1 Thess- 

v. 14. 1 Tim. v. 20. b Col. ii. 5. 2 Thess. iii. 6. c 1 Pet. ii 13. 14.— d 1 

Cor. viii, 12. e Rom. xiv. 19. 1 Cor. xiv. 26. Eph. iv. 12. 



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Art. XXXV. Of Homilies. 
The Second Book of Homilies, the several titles whereof we have 
joined under this Article, doth contain a godly and wholesome Doctrine, 
and necessary for these Times, as doth the former Book of Homilies, 
which were set forth in the time of Edward the Sixth ; and therefore 
we judge them to be read in Churches by the Ministers diligently and 
distinctly, that they may be understanded of the People. 

Of the Names of the Homilies. 

1. Of the right Use of the Church. 

2. Against Peril of Idolatry. 

3. Of repairing and keeping clean of Churches. 

4. Of good Works : first of Fasting. 

5. Against Gluttony and Drunkenness. 

6. Against Excess of Apparel. 
7 Of Prayer. 

8. Of the Place and Time of Prayer. 

9. That Common Prayers and Sacraments ought to be ministered in 
a known Tongue. 

10. Of the reverent Estimation of God's Word. 

1 1. Of Alms-doing. 

12. Of the Nativity of Christ. 

13. Of the Passion of Christ. 

14. Of the Resurrection of Christ. 

15. Of the worthyReceivingofthe Sacrament of the Body and Blood, 
of Christ. 

16. Of the Gifts of the Holy Ghost. 

17. For the Rogation-days. 

18. Of the State of Matrimony. 

19. Of Repentance. 

20. Against Idleness. 

21. Against Rebellion. 

[This Article is received in this Church, so far as it declares the 
books of Homilies to be an explication of Christian doctrine, and instruc- 
tive in piety and morals. But all references to the constitution and 
laws of England, are considered as inapplicable to the circumstances 
of this Church, which also suspends the order for the reading of said 
Homilies in Churches, until a revision of them may be conveniently 
made, for the clearing of them, as well from obsolete words and phrases, 
as from the local references.] 

Art. XXXVI. Of Consecration of Bishops and Ministers. 

The book of Consecration of Bishops, and ordering* of Priests and 
Deacons, as set forth by the General Convention of this Church in 
1792, doth contain all things necessary to such consecration and or- 
dering ; neither hath it any thing that, of itself, is superstitious and un- 
godly ; and, therefore, whosoever are consecrated or ordered according 
to said form, we decree all such to be rightly, orderly, and lawfully 
consecrated and ordered.! 



* Ordaining. 



+ See Art. XXIII 



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Art. XXXVII. Of the Power of the Civil Magistrates. 
The power of the Civil Magistrate extendeth to all men, as well 
Clergy as Laity, in all things temporal f but hath no authority in things 
purely spiritual.^ And we hold it to be the duty of all men who are 
professors of the Gospel, to pay respectful obedience to the civil au- 
thority, regularly and legitimately constituted./i 
/ Luke xx. 25. Acts xxv. 11. Rom. xiii. 1—7. Tit. iii. 1. 1 Pet. ii. 13,14. 

g i Sam. xiii. 8—15. 2 Chron. xxvi. 16— 22.-— h Acts xxiii. 5. 2 Pet. ii. 

10--15. Jude 8. 

Art. XXXVIII. Of Christian Men 's Goods, which are not common. 

The Riches and Goods of Christians are not common, as touching the 
Right, Title and Possession of the same, as certain Anabaptists* do 
falsely boast.? Notwithstanding every man ought of such things as he 
possesseth, liberally to give Alms to the Poor, according to his ability .j 

i Acts v. 3, 4. 2 Thess. iii. 12 j Ps. xli. 1. Prov. xix. 17. Luke xi. 41 ; 

xix. 8 ; xxi. 1—5. John iii. 17. Acts ix. 36, 39. 1 Tim. vi. 17, 18, 19. Heb. 
xiii. 10. James ii. 15, 16. 

* Some of the Sects in Germany at the Preformation. Several of these fanatics 
had gone over to England. 

Art. XXXIX. Of a Christian Mail's Oath. 
As we confess that vain and rash swearing is forbidden Chrisiian men 
by our Lord Jesus Christ, and James his Apostle :k so we judge that 
Christian Religion doth not prohibit, but that a man may swear when 
the Magistrate requireth, in a cause of Faith and Charity,/ so it be done 
^according to the Prophets teaching in Justice, Judgment, and Truth.771 

it Exod. xx. 7. Matt. v. 34—38. James v. 12. I Gen. xxi. 23; xxvi. 28 ; 

xxxi. 53. Lev. v. 1. Deut.vi. 13. 1 Sam. xxiv. 21. Matt. xxvi. 63, 64. Rom. 

i. 9 ; ix. 1. 2 Cor. i. 18, 23. Gal. i. 20, Heb. vi. 13—18. Rev. x. 5, 6. m 

Jer. iv.% 



